right now, if you are on medicare, what happens, the government pays medicare. medicare pays the hospital. the hospital takes care of you. under this plan, the government would pay you and you would pay medicare or a private insurance company to take care of you. they believe this will create competition and that competition will thrive costs down. two very different approaches to the same problem, two very different ways at getting at a very come protection problem, and there are critics. >> each plan says the other side has some hidden dangers. what are they specifically talking about? >> let's bring back the candidates. the fundamental complaint, right now maybe you are shoving these costs off on the health care providers. over time, maybe health care providers will let the trickle down to recipients. maybe they pull out of the system, where do these people go? republican plan, about going to the private sector. private sector involved in health care a long time and costs have gone up anyway. still, each side trying to come up with its own solution to a probl